Deer Hunting Archives - Page 89 of 124

Hayden Kyle, 8, of Pontotoc, learned a lot about patience, as he overcame bad luck and tough conditions on his quest to take a big buck during his Christmas holiday break. The result was this 144-inch 14-point taken the day before he had to return to school.

Eight-year-old scores big with a 14-point

January 11, 2013 Bobby Cleveland

When Hayden Kyle’s Christmas break started at Pontotoc Elementary School, he and his dad Jay began a quest to get the 8-year-old hunter his first trophy buck. […]

Delise Menotti with her 173 1/4-inch 9-point taken Dec. 27 in Warren County.

Hunter gets her ‘Oh My Gosh Buck’

January 9, 2013 Bobby Cleveland

Delise Menotti of Vicksburg loves deer hunting to the extent of few women. From the start of bow season to the end of the final primitive weapon season, she eats, sleeps and dreams the sport.

She hunts as often as possible, usually with her husband Scott.

Heck, she even wrote a country music song about it, which includes these lyrics: “I’m huntin’ deer and my dear is huntin’ me. Gotta Boone and Crockett in my scope, said a prayer asked for hope and steadied my rifle for the shot.” […]

Emily Howard with the 245-pound, 11-point buck she shot near Vaughan in Yazoo County.

Yazoo County 11-point falls on Christmas Eve

January 8, 2013 M.A. Fisher

Emily Howard is an avid hunter, so she was a bit concerned in early December when she found that her old hunting rifle had a bad scope and a few other problems. So, Howard bought herself an early Christmas present – a .243 Ruger with a brand new scope.

The self-gifting paid off on Christmas Eve when Howard used the rifle to down an 11-point monster buck near Vaughan in Yazoo County. The buck had a green score of 152 and featured not only a kicker, but a non-typical drop tine. The inside spread measured 19 3/8 inches and had a base of 6 inches. The mighty buck weighed in at a whopping 245 pounds and was estimated to be 5 ½ years old […]

Lena's David Langford only killed this 200-inch Buckmaster deer because he went hunting after the Mississippi State Bulldogs crashed and burned during the 2013 Gator Bowl.

Poor Mississippi State University Gator Bowl performance leads hunter to 200-inch trophy buck

January 8, 2013 Michael O. Giles

January 1 dawned dreary and rainy in Leake County, but that didn’t deter David Langford from going to the woods in search of a buck. After battling the rain and elements for a few hours without any luck, the discouraged hunter made a fateful decision to call it a day.

The Lena hunter decided to return home to watch his Mississippi State Bulldogs in the Gator Bowl — but that didn’t last long.

By the end of the day, he was back in his hunting stand and sending a bullet toward what turned out to be a 200-inch Buckmaster buck.
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Taylor Chastain of Canton and the ‘Bull Shark,’ a main-frame 8 that grosses 164 4/8 inches. It was shot Jan. 3 in Madison County.

Hunter gets ‘Bull Shark,’ all 164 4/8 inches of him

January 8, 2013 Bobby Cleveland

Following what is becoming an all-too-familiar plot of modern deer hunting, Taylor Chastain closed the book on a well-known buck’s story on Jan. 3 at Bozeman Farms in western Madison County.

It was the Bull Shark.

Chastain and the Bozemans had been watching the deer for three seasons. There are numerous trail cam photos dating back to 2010, when it finally achieved mature status, a close call from the 2011 archery season and sheds from both years. […]

What do you do when you’re busted by a nice buck on the way to your stand?

When in doubt, back out

January 7, 2013 John J. Woods

Busted! Ever happen to you? While slipping into your favorite hunting stand, playing the wind just right, sun at your back, sprayed down with scent killer, walking quietly in rubber boots, you slowly creep around the corner and BAM, there stands a huge buck right in the middle of the food plot blocking your access to the stand.

And he’s looking right at you.

What do you do now? […]

Chris Clifton (left) and Kevin Coughran have their best success after the peak of hunting pressure dies off.

Late-Season Buck Strategies

January 4, 2013 John J. Woods

I am slap worn out from deer hunting this season. Nothing has gone right. The food plots were half-you-know-what with no rain early, then the first frost whacked them back. They never recovered. […]

Hunters wanting to hunt Corps of Engineers lands should choose gear that is both highly functional and easy to transport.

Gear for COE hunting

January 1, 2013 John J. Woods

Hunters going after deer or ducks on Corps of Engineers reservoir lands need to recognize that the hunting environment on these properties is way different than hunting on private land. […]

Hoff targets waterfowl in the beaver ponds and shallow creeks around Enid.

Enid’s waterfowl options

January 1, 2013 John J. Woods

With some 21,000 acres of surface waters shining up into the faces of V-shaped flocks of waterfowl, one would think a huge reservoir like Enid Lake would be a duck destination. […]

Symmetrical racks are actually preferred by the majority of today’s hunters. For a buck to achieve such a rack, the main factors that dictate good antler growth are genetics, age and nutrition.

Head games – Defining a trophy deer is difficult

January 1, 2013 Tommy Kirkland

Every year scores of hunters harvest whitetails throughout the state. Each buck, in the eyes of the beholder, is truly a trophy – hosting a set of antlers that are individually unique. […]

Cover: January 2013

January 1, 2013 Mississippi Sportsman

Michael Palamone killed this huge Simpson County deer in November. […]

Nikki Hoff put her deer hunting skills to use on the Enid Reservoir.

Engineering Deer — Hunting tips for Enid Lake deer

January 1, 2013 John J. Woods

The negative stigma associated with hunting public lands in the Magnolia State needs to be dispelled. As hunters we simply cannot turn our backs on nearly 2 million acres of prime hunting property, which after all is land that actually belongs to us. […]